Lily Evans sat on the edge of the lake on a towel. She was wearing her cute cherry bikini, but she didn't plan on swimming. James and the other Marauders stopped trying to convince her 2 days ago, when Lily told them that she wasn't going into the water until the 21st of June. She wanted to stay away from him as long as possible, but it already was the 20th and extremely hot. Lily was sweating and suddenly took a running jump and SPLASH!

"What the-!" James exclaimed while his friends looked frantically around.

"Lily!" Sirius cried. Lily was a quarter of the way across the lake and she had popped up for air. She groaned quietly.

"Hey guys," she said catching her breath. By this time, the others had caught up with her. They began swimming together for a while.

"Hey Sirius! I'm really tired. Can I have a piggy back ride?" Lily asked an hour later.

"I'll do it!" James said popping up.

"Alright." Lily got on his back and he began to swim around. After a while, James felt Lily sliding off his back. Knowing she probably wanted to get away from him, he held on tighter.

"Get off!" Lily muttered angrily. James quickly let go, thinking she was talking to him. He turned around after a minute hearing Sirius call his name.

"Hey Sirius!" he said to the boy swimming towards him.

"Where's Lily?" he asked. James spun around.

"Don't know. We would be able to see her." He looked around for a minute as realization came upon him. James gasped.

"LILY!" he screamed.

"Get a grip, she's probably just out for a swim," Sirius said grinning.

"LILY!" he shouted again getting ready to dive. His eyes were full of tears. "She's down under the lake!" Sirius' eyes were full of horror. The boys dove under the lake. They saw the Giant Squid holding an almost unconscious Lily. As they watched, her eyes fluttered shut. The boys were running out of air themselves, but Lily had been under here for nearly three minutes.

Suddenly a red light flew dangerously close to James's ear and the Squid let go. He watched as Lily sank but he was about to die himself. James and Sirius raced for air and reached the surface of the lake just in time.

"LILY!" James yelled sobbing openly as he gasped for air.

"I've got her, Potter!" a voice said. James and Sirius spun around.

"Snivellius!" James said. Snape nodded curtly and began to swim towards the shore. James glanced at Sirius and they followed quickly.

"Enerviate!" James yelled pointing his wand at Lily. She didn't stir. Was it too late?

"Do it James! Come on! The muggle way!" Sirius yelled at his best friend. James immediately leaned in to revive Lily by kissing her, while Snape looked for a pulse. He was unsuccessful. As James leaned towards Lily again, Sirius ran to Madam Pomfrey, but Remus had already fetched her. She was running towards them as fast as she could.

"Move aside!" she barked. She looked at Lily and pulled a green potion out of her cloak. She shoved it down Lily's throat and gasped when the girl turned light blue. She rushed off towards the Hospital Wing and the four boys followed her.

"Madam Pom-" James started.

"Get out! I don't know what's happening and you are NOT helping. Leave, NOW!" Madam Pomfrey screeched.

"Wow. I've seen her angry before, but never like this!" Remus said sliding down to the floor. The others sat, too.

"Hey! How did you know what happened to Lily!" James suddenly said glaring at Snape.

"I . . . I was watching her and you screamed loud enough for the whole castle to hear," Snape whispered. James smirked at the first part as Snape turned to leave.

"By the way, Lily is in big trouble. She could die any minute now." James stared after the Slytherin boy.

"WHAT!" Snape came back over to them.

"Well, the potion that Madam Pomfrey gave her made Lily turn light blue. It means that she is hovering between life and death." Normally, Snape would have laughed at James' huge eyes. But not under this circumstance.

"So, Lily could be-" James almost passed out in fear. Snape raised his eyebrows high into his hair and nodded slowly and sadly. James slumped against the wall. Snape left him deep in thought. Suddenly James really did pass out.

"James!" Sirius yelled, slapping his face.

"What is going on here?" McGonagall asked.

"Lily is dying and James passed out!" Sirius said, conjuring a bucket of water. He was going to dump it on James, when McGonagall snatched it from him. She banged sharply on the Hospital Wing door and heard it unlock. She walked into the room and Sirius, Remus, and a floating James followed her.

"Put him down. I can't help him now, so let him come around on his own," Madam Pomfrey muttered as she stirred a thick potion. She emptied it into a jar and put it on Lily's bedside table.

"Sirius? What are you doing here? Where am I?" James asked two hours later.

"Hospital Wing. You passed out after you heard about Lily," Remus answered. James slumped against his pillows and growned.

"You would never guess what happened! An hour ago, Snivellius came in here for Lily and Madam Pomfrey let him in. He was almost begging. You should have seen it!" Sirius said laughing. "Then he walked over to Lily, but Remus and I had the invisibility cloak on so we heard every word that he said."

Remus continued, "Yeah. He told Lily that he missed her as a friend and then he told her that he loved her." James stared at them with his mouth wide open. "I know. Then he squeezed her hand and gave her something in that box over there," Remus pointed to a box next to Lily's bed.

"I can't believe him! He loves Lily, what nonsense! How is she?" James finished nervously.

"Okay, I guess. Madam Pomfrey said that she was going to live, but she's still not allowed to see anyone. Except Snivellius."